I Have two S&W's that have never failed to fire or eject a empty case. Both guns are on a 400rd to 500rd diet a month and are doing just fine. The wife just bought a Kimber and so far so good after a few hundred rounds. I may be getting a Kimber Raptor off a friend who says he might sell it so we will see. The modern ones are a lot more dependable than the older ones were.

1911 require more maintenance than most semi-autos. 1911s are therefore not recommended for novice owners.

But in a recent state of tune, with proper (non-MIM) components, there is no reason why a broken in 1911 of modern manufacture would not reliably perform the 3 shots that are typically fired in self defense.

If the M&P holster fits and feels as good as the one for my GP100 the thanks need to come from me. You still don't have them in black but I had to have one anyway. That just means I will have to get one more later on.

I'm ordering a Nighthawk in Dec. I've looked at RRA,Les Baer, Fusion and Nighthawk. I really like the Les Baer Monolith, but I've spent hours combing thru years of posts on the two main 1911 forums. I've decided to go with Nighthawk, as their customer service is awesome, and I really like the look of their product.

I plan to get a hard chromed talon 1 in 9mm, with a ambi safety, aluma grips and a beveled barrel/bushing. This will be my only 1911 at this price point, so I plan to get everything I want.

Frankly I think the 1911 design is timeless and simple which is good....the simple part. All guns have malfunctions eventually of one sort or another. My Para has had only one and that was the first pull of the trigger with a failure to fire. Otherwise it has never missed a beat. I like the one I have very much and it is my daily carry.

The ED Browns are nice - but the rear and top of the slide aren't checkered.seratted, and there is no magwell unless U can Ed Brown and pay extra for one special. Plus - U have to do that think with the locktight on the rearsight yourself. For $2200, I wish they had those extras...

I would have to go with a Taurus. You get all the same features on a standard gun that you have to pay extra for on others and for half the price of the other without the added features. Why waste money? Just buy another gun!

I'd say I'd have to have the first 1911 I bought and still have. It's an old Springfield. It has yet to not work perfectly. It have never jammed or F2F in any way. It has thousands or rounds through it and groups really well. I hear a lot about 1911's not working right for people..I haven't had that problem with any of mine except for a Rock Island I had some years ago. It didn't feed right on the first mag. It done fine after that though.

I think a lot of problems people have with them is from getting high end target models that are really tight as to tolerances then want to carry them as their "daily driver". A target gun is not meant for that so I can see where people might have troubles there. I mean..Look at a Glock. Those things are far from tight like say a high end Kimber. A Glock will cycle almost perfectly; because there's someplace for the dirt to go.

My Daily carry is a Para LTC. Not the tightest out of the box but like with most all my 1911's I like to hand fit parts like the slide to frame fit, bushing. And I'll polish the feed ramp. I don't want them too tight because as you gain accuracy you can lose reliability. I would think a 3-4 inch group at 25 yards should be fine for any carry pistol. Save those really tight grouping guns for the range

I know there are Taurus fans, but don't buy into that Taurus ad. Trust me - their 1911 DOES NOT compare to a $2000 1911. Don't even think it does. Also, Taurus quality doesn't compare to other comparable brands in many of their (Taurus's) guns. And, I have seen probably a dozen horror stories concerning their customer service in the past 12-15 months. They are all almost carbon copies of each other in the way Taurus treated them. Even if Taurus had the best gun in the world, I wouldn't buy one after reading the way they treated some of these people.

For a cheap 1911 - go buy a Springer Mil Spec, if money is an issue.

But as this thread was about money NOT being an object - I'm sorry, but thinking about a Taurus is just a waste of time.